March 8, 2017
After a week of voting, several winning photographers have emerged from the AIA’s Sixth Annual Photo Contest. This year’s contest included 170 photo submissions in the following categories: Archaeological Landscapes, Monuments, Excavation, Field Life, and Fun Finds. The 2017 submissions depicted archaeological sites in 29 different countries! Click here to see all submissions.
Winners
Congratulations to all our winners! First place winners and runners-up will receive a complimentary year-long membership to the AIA.
Archaeological Landscapes
Honorable Mention: Can Scatter Along the Camino Real
Paraje San Diego, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
By Ali Scotten
Runner-up: Storm Clouds over Trim Castle
Trim Castle, Trim, Ireland
By Caitlin Lobl
Winner: Above the Chaos
The Kephali, Sissi, Greece
By Gavin McGuire
Excavation
Honorable Mention: An excavation day with Phaistos Project
Chalara Quarter, Festòs, Crete, Greece
By Alexia Giglio
Runner-up: A Helping Hand
The Kephali, Sissi, Crete, Greece
By Gavin McGuire
Winner: Student volunteer sifting soil
Great Neck field school, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
By Kaitlyn Holmes
Field Life
Honorable Mention: A much needed break in Sitia, Crete
Petras, Sitia, Crete, Greece
By Stephen Guerriero
Runner-up: That inscription is purrr-fect!
Thasos Island, Greece
By Chelsea Gardner
Winner: Kolatzio Reggae – Breakfast
The Kephali, Sissi, Crete, Greece
By Gavin McGuire
Fun Finds
Honorable Mention: Landowner and workers with preclassic bowl recovered during survey at Chi’Kaqajaay.
Chi’Kaqajaay, San Pedro La Laguna, Solola, Guatemala
By Gavin Davies
Runner-up: A cup-marked stone emerges from a trench on a Late Bronze Age hillfort
Outeiro do Circo, Beja, Portugal
By Kate Leonard
Winner: Late Minoan IB Seal
The Kephali, Sissi, Crete, Greece
By Gavin McGuire
Monuments
Honorable Mention: Icarus has fallen
Valley of the Temple of Agrigento, Agrigento, Italy
By Vivian Laughlin
Runner-up: Return to the Jungle: 19th Century Sugar Mill
Laminai, Belize
By Jane Waldbaum
Winner: The Wrath of Poseidon
The Kephali, Sissi, Crete, Greece
By Gavin McGuire
